Are the following directions correct to repair windows xp pro?

Question

I am trying to repair Windows installer on XP pro with service pack 2

I want to make sure this doesn't start to erase my current data:

Insert Windows and reboot to CD
Then instead of hitting "repair", click "setup windows xp now"
After clicking f8 to agree to license, highlight the copy of your O.S. on the list and click "R"

thanks

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1 vote to 1,, anyone else,lol

Answer 1

I think this will erase the whole stuff in the partition, you should try repair, if you can't repair it, put in another harddisk and install your OS into the new harddisk, change the extg harddisk into slave disk & copy out ur data before reformat the whole Harddisk.

Answer 2

yup thats how you do it just make sure you run from disk and you do taht by when you start your computer you hit F2 on the main screen before windows xp loads upand then in the BIOS you cahnge tiso that it can boot from cd